Carpet-cleaner



(No Model.) I

W. P WHITE. CARPET CLEANER.

No. 403,313. Patented May 14, 1889.

H F A Will 283x81 WILLIAM I. IVHITE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CARPET-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,313, dated May 14,1889.

Application filed November 24, 1888- Serial No. 291,804. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. \VHITE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Oleaners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a partthereof, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved carpetcleaner.Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one of the hollow journals and flangeswith the braces broken away. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of saidhollow journal and flange with the band-wheel and blow-pipe in position.

My invention consists, first, in the peculiar configuration of thecarpet-cleaning cage, and, secondly, in the attachment of hollowjournals and flanges to said cage, through which a blow-pipe may beinserted for forcing air into the cage to facilitate in cleaning thecarpet, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

The cage A is made up of longitudinal slatwork, which may be secured toand around the outer edge of the ends B in any suitable manner. The endsB are of an irregular configuration, substantially as shown, the objectbeing to avoid any acute angles on the inside of the cage in which thecarpet would be liable to catch and tear, and at the same time producean uneven surface for carrying the carpet to near the top of the cage,when the latter is revolved, before the carpet will drop by force ofgravity. The ends B are preferably constructed air-tight, or nearly so,excepting the opening through the flange (J, and are preferablyconstructed as follows: The flange O has suitable recesses in its outerface for about two-thirds the thickness of the flange, in which thebraces d are secured, preferably by being bolted therein, as shown at b,Fig. 2. To the braces 01 are secured the auxiliary braces (1, saidbraces d and d forming a frame-work for boarding up the ends 13. Theboards which form the ends are secured to said braces and rest on theouter circumference of the circular flange C, so that the inside of theends will come flush with the inner face of the flange. These ends 13may be made of thin sheet-iron, if desired.

Any suitable support may be employed for retaining the carpet-cage in arotatable position. In the present illustrative instance I have shownthe cage supported by the hollow journals D, resting in a semicircularrecess in the top of the standards F, which latter may be supported in avertical position in any suitable manner. Two collars, E and E, encirclethe hollow journals at each side of the standards F, to prevent anyto-and-fro movement of the cage. A suitable bandwheel, G, is secured tothe hollow journal at either side the cage, or both sides, if desired,to impart a rotary motion thereto.

The hollow journals D and flanges C are cast in one piece, the openingsin said journals extending through said flanges, which openings arepreferably large enough to permit the blow-pipes H to enter thereinwithout coming in contact with the inner shell of the hollow journals.

To facilitate cleaning the carpet, I have provided the two blow-pipes H,one at each end of the cage, which pipes are inserted into the hollowjournals D. These blow-pipes H may extend entirely through said journalsand flanges and come flush with the inside of the cage, or may extendonly part-way through the journals, as shown in Fig. 3, in which lattercase a flange, H, with suitable packing, is socured on the blow-pipe tofit up against the end of the hollow journal to prevent any escape ofair outward from said journal. same motive used for revolving the cagemay be utilized for generating and forcing the air through theblow-pipes into the cage. One blow-pipe can be advantageously employed;but it is preferred to use two-one from each end of the cage.

The operation of my improved carpetcleaner is as follows: The carpet isinserted into the cage through an opening in the side thereof, whichopening is covered with a suit,- able slatted gate, J, which is hingedto a heavy slat and secured to place by a suitable catch. The cage isnow revolved in a direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, whichrevolution carries the carpet to near the top portion of the cage, whenit is permitted to drop to the bottom of the cage, to be again elevatedand dropped continuously until the carpet is The IOU

be attached to any revolvin cage irrespective of outline configuration.

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to ')rovide a rotatable cage forcleaning carpets; but

hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patei'1t, is

i. A rotatable earpet-cleaning cage having closed ends, in combinationwith the hollow journals and flanges, the frame-Work oi the ends of saidcage being connected to said flanges, and suitable blo\v-1)i 1es forforcing air into the cage through said hollow journals and flanges,substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a carpet-cleaning cage having closed ends, thehollow journal D and flange C, said journal having the collars E and Eand band-wheel G, and. blowpipe ll, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM P. XVIII'JE.

Witnesses:

0. M. lllLL, E. lLivENs.

